Improved school desk and seat



.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. ALLEN, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

IMPROVED SCHOOL DESK AND SEAT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,980, dated March 28,1865.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. ALLEN, oi' the city of Richmond, in thecounty of Wayne,

lin the State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Plan forConstructing School Desks and Seats; and I do hereby declare that thefollou ing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

The nature of my i-nvention consists in the construction of two or moredouble school desks and seats, by means of a neat and substantial ironform or leg at each end of the desk and seat, provided with iianges inwhich holes are drilled for screws, by means of which they are fastenedto the seats back and desk-leaf, said iron form having asingle legdropping perpendicular to the iioor, thus forming one leg at each end ofthe desk, immediately under each end of the seat. At the upper end ofeach iron form or end piece is a plate or open scroll-work, at the lowerend of which is a lian ge to receive and hold, by means ofscrews, aboard which forms the bottom of a book-box, which is divided in themiddle by means of a board fitted in between the lower side of the leafand the top side of the bookbox bottom by means of screws or nails, thusdividing the book-box in two parts, and also supporting the center .ofthe desk-leaf. I then, by means of a neat iron bracket, connect two ormore of said desks and seats together, one end of the bracket iitting onthe top of the seat and up against the front of the back ofthe desk inthe center between the pupils. The other end is fastened to the seconddesk, immediately under the center of the book-box and near the bottomor lower edge of the back side of the back,'near the connection of theback and seat, substantially fastened at both ends by means of screwsthrough the flanges of the bracket, thus connecting two desks togetherso that the two combined stand solid and firm on four legs without beingfastened to the floor, which prevents them from becoming racked orloosened at the screws, which is the case with all desks and seats whichare fastened to the door. Reference is had to the annexed drawingsmaliing a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is aperspective View. Fig. 2 is a transverse section or end view.

Letter A represents the metallic leg or end piece; B, the bracket; C C CG, the desk-leaf; D D DVD, the back; E E E E, the seat. F F F F is theend plate or open scroll-work forming the upper end of the leg or endpiece, and also the end of the book-box. G G G G is the book-shelf orbottom of the double book-box under the desk-leaf.

Letters a ci a a a a oo represent the screws by which the metallic legor end piece is fastened to the seat, back, and desk-leaf. l) b b b bshow the screws through the flanges of the bracket which connects thetwo desks together.

Havingthus described my invention, the following is whatI claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Iatentln the construction of schoolfurniture, the end piece, A, so constructed as to constitute a leg orsupport for the seat E, and also a support, as well as means ofattachment, for the book-shelf or bottom g of the book-box,substantially as set forth.

JOHN P. ALLEN.

Vitnesses JAMES M. Pon, SQUIRE L. HrrrLE.

